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party animal, n. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈpɑːti ˌanɪml|, U.S. |ˈpɑrdi ˌænəm(ə)l|
[‹ party n. + animal n.]
A gregarious, highly sociable person, esp. one who thrives on frequent, energetic partying; a regular, exuberant, and uninhibited participant in social activities.
Recorded in United States use in 1978 on the NBC television programme Saturday Night Live in the unpublished files of J. E. Lighter's Hist. Dict. Amer. Slang: ‘Here is the party animal himself—Bill Murray.’
[1973Sat. Rev. Society (U.S.) May 65/3 A real fun guy,..a super-duper party hound.] 1982N.Y. Times 2 July c8/5 If this movie stops one couple from getting a divorce because it's the groovy, party-animal thing to do, it's worth everything. 1988N. Tennant & C. Lowe Left to my own Devices (song, perf. ‘Pet Shop Boys’) in Introspective (CD booklet) I get out of bed at half past ten Phone up a friend who's a party animal. 1993J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 303 The first two years I worked very hard and did very, very well academically but for the third year I was just this total party animal. 2001Mirror (Electronic ed.) 19 July Of course, before I met Zoe, I used to be a wild party animal all week. But becoming a dad has given my life structure. |